EXCLUSIVE: Disney+ is negotiating for Daisy Ridley to star and Joaquim Rønning to direct Young Woman and the Sea, a Jeff Nathanson-scripted drama based on the book by Glenn Stout that chronicles the daring journey of the first woman to ever swim across the English Channel.
Gertrude “Trudy” Ederle made the 21-mile swim in 1926.Jerry Bruckheimer and Chad Oman are producing.Pic brings all of the participants back into the Disney fold.
Ridley starred in the three Star Wars films, episodes VII through IX. The project came to Disney out of turnaround at Paramount, and Bruckheimer brought it to the studio where he produced the Pirates of the Caribbean films.
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